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Tech gathering showcases devices we don’t want, till we do

LAS VEGAS — At the moment’s imaginative and prescient of a sensible dwelling has extra to do with what’s technologically attainable than what individuals really want.

Thus the countless parade of Web-connected wine openers, water bottles, meat thermometers and fridges, and a dearth of automation that will clear and fold our laundry, decide up issues round the home or help ageing individuals as their bodily energy wanes.

Not that some tinkerers aren’t making an attempt to give you life-changing instruments, usually whereas making an attempt to influence customers to share their routines and purchasing habits to make all this work — and doubtlessly opening the doorways to hacking or surveillance of their properties.